Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/qyaq

This Proto-Eskimo entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Eskimo

Noun

*qyaq

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Descendants

Yupik:
- Central Alaskan Yup'ik: qayaq
- Alutiiq: qayaq
- Central Siberian Yupik: qayaq
- Sirenik: qajax
Inuit:
- Inupiaq: qayaq (“kayak”)
  - Northwest Alaska Inupiatun: qayaq
    - Qawiaraq: qayaq
  - Northern Alaskan Inupiatun:
    - Malimiutun: qayaq
    - North Slope: qayaq
      - Uummarmiutun: qayaq
- Inuvialuktun:
  - Siglitun: ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq)
  - Inuinnaqtun: ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq)
  - Netsilik:
    - Natsilik: ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq)
  - Kivalliq: ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq)
  - Aivilik: ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq)
  - North Baffin: ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq)
- Inuktitut: ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq, “kayak”)
  - Qikiqtaaluk nigiani: ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq)
  - Nunavimmiutitut: ᖃᔭᖅ (qajaq)
  - Nunatsiavummiut: kayak
  - Inuktun: qajaq
  - → English: kayak
    - → Scottish Gaelic: caidheag
    - → Japanese: カヤック (kayakku)
  - → French: kayak
    - → Romanian: caiac
- Greenlandic: qajaq
  - West Greenlandic Pidgin: kyak ("ship")
  - → Danish: kajak
    - → Faroese: kajakk

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